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Macedonia seeks end to name dispute blocking NATO, EU bids
Jun 12, 2017 (AFP)
Athens says the country should not call itself Macedonia because Greece's northern province bears the same name, and it has vetoed Skopje's attempts to become a...
Japan clears way for first emperor abdication in over 200 years
Jun 09, 2017 (AFP)
The popular 83-year-old monarch shocked the country last summer when he signalled his desire to take a back seat after nearly three decades on the Chrysanthemum...
India, Pakistan join China and Russia-led security bloc
Jun 09, 2017 (AFP)
Leaders of the largely symbolic body -- including Russia's Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping -- formally signed off on the sub-continent duo's accession at ...
Pentagon praises 'very helpful' Russia in southern Syria
Jun 09, 2017 (AFP)
In the first incident of its type, the pro-regime drone on Thursday fired what turned out to be a dud bomb at US-led coalition forces close to the coalition's A...
Trump says US committed to NATO's mutual defense pledge
Jun 09, 2017 (AFP)
Amid worries by Washington's European partners that the US leader had not fully bought into the Atlantic alliance, Trump told reporters: "I'm committing the Uni...
Pound dives as Britain thrown into chaos by shock vote
Jun 09, 2017 (AFP)
May had called the snap vote in a bid to boost her party's hold over Westminster and give her a stronger hand in talks with EU leaders over the country's detach...
Juncker says Europe can no longer 'outsource' protection
Jun 09, 2017 (AFP)
"The protection of Europe can no longer be outsourced," Juncker told a defence conference in Prague. "Over the past decade, it has become crystal clear that our...
Lithuania warns Russian drill may mask troop buildup
Jun 08, 2017 (AFP)
Raimundas Karoblis is in Washington to lobby US officials and lawmakers for support as the exposed Baltic states modernize their defenses to deter Kremlin inter...
Ukraine MPs back NATO application push
Jun 08, 2017 (AFP)
Ukrainian lawmakers by a vote of 276 to 25 approved legal amendments enshrining seeking membership in NATO as one of Kiev's foreign policy priorities. "The time...
Qatar crisis puts spotlight on US military base
Jun 07, 2017 (AFP)
A 45-minute drive southwest of the capital Doha, the base is off-limits to ordinary Qataris but central to the emirate's foreign policy. Home to some 10,000 US ...
Turkey's parliament to debate troop deployment to Qatar
Jun 07, 2017 (AFP)
The move appears to be a signal of support from Turkey to Qatar after Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt and Bahrain, among other states, cut diplomatic ties and majo...
Germany in Turkey row withdraws troops from anti-IS base
Jun 07, 2017 (AFP)
The military personnel, Tornado surveillance jets and other hardware -- deployed as part of the international coalition against the Islamic State group -- will ...
EU unveils defence fund, urges US to stay on world stage
Jun 07, 2017 (AFP)
The proposal by Brussels for a 5.5-billion-euro a year fund follows a Franco-German led bid to focus on security and defence to provide a new sense of purpose a...
Canada to boost military spending after Trump rails at allies
Jun 07, 2017 (AFP)
The move, which would nearly double Canada's military spending by 2026, comes as Ottawa seeks to take on a larger role in global affairs, even as Washington app...
China slams Pentagon report on overseas military bases
Jun 07, 2017 (AFP)
Published Tuesday, the Pentagon report estimated that China spent $180 billion last year on its military -- the world's largest -- a figure well over the countr...
Canada to rely less on US defense in major policy shift
Jun 06, 2017 (AFP)
The change will cost billions of dollars in investment, top diplomat Chrystia Freeland told lawmakers in a speech that did not mention US President Donald Trump...
China concerns spark Australia spy law review
Jun 06, 2017 (AFP)
The move follows an investigation that discovered the nation's spy agency had warned the country's political elite two years ago about taking donations from two...
Trump backs Saudi-led efforts to isolate Qatar
Jun 06, 2017 (AFP)
In a surprise move against a key US ally, Trump suggested Qatar -- home to the largest American airbase in the Middle East -- was funding extremism as he tacitl...
Leaked documents show US vote hacking risks
Jun 06, 2017 (AFP)
An intelligence report revealed this week showed a cyberattack that targeted more than 100 local election officials and software vendors, raising the prospect o...
Qatar crisis has 'no impact' on US military operations: Pentagon
Jun 06, 2017 (AFP)
The US has a regional command center at Al-Udeid air base near Doha from which it runs air operations throughout the region. "There has been no impact on our op...
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